XPS 8930 Complete Upgrade Part B Replacing Optane with SSD Boot

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Part B: Disassociate Optane from HDD and remove the module from the System. • Make sure to Create a Recovery Disk before starting this following procedure. • Open the Intel RST application • On STATUS section, under CURRENT Status it should say enabled and on the right side under System Storage View, in the Intel Optane Memory Array it should display the Optane module connected with the HDD with green check marks. • Now go to the Intel Optane Memory section. • Press Disable (in blue) to disable the association of the two drives and separate them • Wait for the process to conclude. Time varies, do not interrupt this process. • Once it concludes, you will see a message to restart the system. • This time, re-powering the system it took over 3 minutes in contrast to 24 seconds with the Optane acceleration. This is further evidence that the detachment was successful. Wait until the system fully loads before proceeding. • Open Intel RST application once more and verify under current status that the system is functioning normally and that the Intel Optane status shows disabled, • while on the right side you will notice that the Optane module is no longer linked to the HDD. • Now press shutdown in order to physically extract the Optane. • After shutdown, unplugged the XPS from the outlet and press its power button for 3-5 seconds to remove any remaining charge from the system. Pull the latch on the rear to Open the side cover, swing open the power supply door and remove the graphics card in order to access the M.2 connection with the Optane. Remove the securing screw, rock slowly left-right the Optane module to loosen it off the connector and you will notice it extending forward at 45-degree angle. • Now you can pull it our easier. Insert the new Samsung SSD, 970 Evo to that same M2 slot, rocking it to a tight fit and push slightly down to secure it with the same screw. Reinstall the graphics card and remove any other hard drives other than the operating system HDD. In my case I had installed previously another SSD which I removed at this stage. • Finally, place BACK THE SIDE PANEL. Now The only drives that remain connected to the system are the original HDD with the operating system, the new 970 Evo and the optical disk drive. • Upon system startup, it took again a good 3 minutes while I allowed more time for full load. Now go to the system Start Button, select Run, and type the open Disk Management command as shown. • At this stage I noticed that the new SSD was not showing up. • For the system to recognize it, I had to first initialize the SSD as GTP partition, then left clicked on the SSD disk space and chose: NEW SIMPLE VOLUME, letting the remaining defaults stand. • After the process concluded, under Start Button, File Explorer, I went to “this PC”. Now, Windows 10 recognized the Samsung SSD. • Hit Restart and F2 to enter BIOS, where the Samsung 970 should be listed under the MAIN tab in the M.2 slot. • Hit ESCape to exit and Continue with restart, again loading slowly. At this stage, preparing for the change from RAID to AHCI, I created a new recovery drive on a 32GB SanDisk USB stick to account for the Optane separation. This last step took about 2 and a half hours. • If all is well, Restart the system and hit F2 to enter BIOS once more. We are now ready for the next stage. • Supporting Info: • https://www.dell.com/community/XPS-De... • • ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- • These videos were reconstructed for presentation after all work was completed successfully while the system was tested afterwards over a period of a few weeks. • I hope the information presented will be helpful. View all the material on all five parts, before deciding to follow the procedures described. All details are very important. You are required to have some prior experience. There are no promises that this sequence will work on every system or on older systems. I can only tell you that it worked in my case working with Win10 on a DELL XPS 8930 as described herein.

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